Adjustable wall bracket



March 1 2, 1929.

A. M. DAVIS ADJUSTABLE WALL BR'ACKET r1199 Sept. 11, 1926 4 it closely against the wall 10.

Patented Mar, 12, 1929.

I UNITED STATES v '7 1,704,937 PATENT oFFiScE.

' ABRAHAM'M. DAVIS, or CHICAGO, ILLin'oIs' ADJUSTABLE WALL BRACKET.

Application filed September 11, 1926'. Serial 'No. 1 34,908..

provide a wall bracket which may be suspended from a molding; to provide a bracket having an adjustable shelf; to provide a wallbracket having a fixed portion and an adjustable portion with concealed adjusting or connecting members; and to provide such other novel features and improvements as will be described more fully hereinafter. In the accompanying drawings showing a preferred form of my invention;

Figure 1 is a front view showing the bracket supported on a molding;

Fi ure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Figure 1; and j Figure 4c is a detail showing the fastening or adjusting devices.

In the particular form of the invention as shown in these drawings, the fixed or stationary portion of the bracket comprises side strips or bars 5 which are rigidly secured together at the bottom by cross boards 6. The front or forward surfaces of these boards are preferably made flush with" the faces of the side strips, although such boards may be panelled or ornamented if desired. The upper ends of the side strips are providod with hooks 7 which are securedto the strips in any desired manner, as by means of screws 8. These hooks are preferably made to conform more or less closely with the outline of the molding or supporting member. 9 [with which they are intended to engage andare preferably oifset'or bent, as shown in Figure 2 sothat the bracket will The supporting shelf 11 is secured to a board or plate 12 and is preferably braced by means of a combined brace and handle niember 13. The plate or board 12 fits against the front face of the stationary part of the bracket and is provided with catches or fasteners 1 1 which engage with pinsor supporting members 15 on the inner edges of the strips 5. The catches 1 1 are preferably made in the form of angles, as shown in Figure 4t, with slots 16 for-receiving the pins The inner edges of the slots arepi'eferablybevelled, as shown at 17, and the pins, are so positioned that they will engage with such bevelled edges. in orderfto draw the board 12 tightly against the face of the stationary bracket member. g

A plurality of theoppositely' disposed pins 15 are provided in order to give any desired vertical adjustment for the shelf;

vWhen the shelf is to beadjusted, the brace 13 serves as a handle so that the bracket and the board 12' may be readily raised to disengage thefasteners from one set of pins and then moved up ordown to bring the fast/e11 ers into engagement with another set of pins as desired. 7

From this description it will be seen that I provide a bracket or supporting device which 'may be readily hung on a molding or similar supporting member and-will hang closely against the wall. Furthermore, the shelf may be quickly and easily adjusted for supporting a fan or the like any desired height within the range of adjustment. It will of. course be evident that my inproved bracket may be made in. various designs or forms without departing from the scopeof the invention; therefore I do not wish to be limited to the exact arrangement herein shown and described, except as claimed in the following claims, in which I claim:

1. An ad ustable bracket comprising a pair of side strips, boards connecting the lower ends of the strips, hooks secured to the upper endsofthe strips, a plurality of oppo' sitely disposed pairs of pins on the inner edges of the strips, a plate or board extending across the strips and engaging with the faces thereof, fasteners on the plate for engagement with said pins, and a shelf on said plate. j 1

2. An adjustable wall bracket comprising a plate, a shelf secured to saidplate, a com bined bracket and handle secured to the shelf and plate, a pair of strips, means for I securing the strips together, a plurality of pins in said strips, and fasteners on said plate having bevelled edgesfor engagement with thepins for drawing the plate against the strips. I

In. a device of the character set forth, the combination of a relatively fixed member having a plurality of supporting pins, an

adjustable member, fasteners on said adjustable member having slots for engagement with the pins, said slots having bevelled 7 described.

edges for drawing the adjustable member againstthe fixed member, substantially as 4. A bracket comprising a pair of strips having hooks on their upper ends, means for securing the strips together, spins on said strips, a plate, hooks on said plate for engagement with said pins, ashelf secured to said plate, and a combined handle andvbrace engaging with the shelf and the plate. 5. A new article of'furniture for supporting electric fans or the like, comprising two vertical strips which are rigidly secured toget-her at their lower ends by'ineans of suitable cross pieces, means for attaching the upper ends of the strips to a molding or the like, a plurality of fastening members on A said strips', a plate extending across said strips and engaging with the front thereof ABRAHAM M. DAVIS. 

